Caucus day is here. Channel 13s josh nguyen is live in Capitol Square where media is already gathering. Rollcue to vo from most experts we talk to this is shaping up to be an all timer. Not sure it will have the turnout of the 2008 caucus but the tight races on both sides have people excited. But the year that keeps coming up when i talk with professor is 1988 and the similarities are striking. We all know this year, the gop has a packed field and no one knows who will come out on top. The dems had that issue in 1988 with 8 candidates. Richard gephardt ended up winning that year. Its a much different on the dem side with just a 2 horse race with sanders and clinton. The republicans, dealt with that in 88 too. With bob dole and bush sr. Dole won that year with almost 40 percent of the vote. But where this resembles 1988 most is the amount of media here. We caught up msnbcs chris make this night historic is just one man. Roll to sot. 88 was so too. I think the most important election tonight is on the republican side. I think if trump wins tonight he knocks cruz back he goes in nh and probably winning the daily double. He probably goes into South Carolina and wins there. Probably wins nevada. I could see him rocking and rolling for a while. A new poll out this morning a new poll out this morning shows where republican candidates fall leading into caucus night. According to the most recent quinnipiac poll out this morning. Donald trump is ahead of senator ted cruz. He has 31 percent support. Cruz comes in at 24. March rubio has 17 percent. The other candidates are in the single digits. The republican frontrunner took the stage in waterloo this morning joined by a few special guests. So i have a couple of special people im going to introduce because i see them sitting back there. My wife has been so supportive. Come on up hunny claps his daughter also joined trump he was fired up about the poll numbers here in iowa. And his loyal supporters could sense it this morning. Trump is just hoping they get over iowa he is holding a rally in cedar rapids at 1 30 this afternoon and. Will spend his caucus night at the Sheraton Hotel in West Des Moines starting at 9 senator marco rubio started his caucus day eating breakfast with his family at a Cracker Barrel in clive. Rubio posed for photos and shook some hands. Afterward, rubio told reporters he knows hes the underdog but he feels good about tonight. Rubio said whatever the outcome this is just the beginning. Not the end. Other republican hopefuls are making stops across the metro. Rand paul is currently holding a rally at his Campaign Office in des moines and. Jeb bush is at the Embassy Suites in des moines starting at 1215 later this afternoon. Ted cruz takes the stage in jefferson at 1 as for the democrats. Poll. Bernie sanders is holding onto a slight lead. Hes up 3points on Hillary Clinton. Within the polls margin of error. Moines registers iowa poll, which had clinton leading sanders by three points. Hillary clinton took time out supporters. I was told we cant stay long work. Campaign volunteers. She also took selfies and signed autographs and thanked supporters for knocking on 186thousand doors this weekend. Daughter Chelsea Clinton joined the candidate this morning. Iowa frontrunner Hillary Clinton will be spend caucus night with iowans. And. With other clintons standing by her side bill and Chelsea Clinton will join hillary for a caucus night party. The event starts at 830 tonight at drake university. And youll find Bernie Sanders celebrating the 2016 iowa caucus tonight Airport Convention center the event starts at 9 tonight its time now to get a first look at the forecast. Meteorologist joins us ad lib wx quick dry for now but clouds will continue to fill in through the afternoon. There is even a problem with some dense fog on the eastern side of the state today. Tomorrow is the day for all of our big weather details. Blizzard watch tomorrow for northwest iowa, winter storm watch in central iowa, and a Winter Weather advisory in some parts of the state. Snow will begin late tonight through early tuesday. The heaviest snow will be falling during the commute in to work. Temperatures right now are mild in the 40s. We will drop back to the 30s during the evening hours. The west end salvage was the place to be this morning. Thats where the today show broadcast live. I got to hang out behind the scenes. Take a look. From a crowd outside. 51 38 im crazy for the today show. To the preshow prep inside. 44 39 its just another day at e today shocrew took ov tooadcast live from iowa. Matt its always great r to take theow on the road and be rrounded by ople who got up rly to bwith. But, these folks in rticular realize the portance of today in the state and what it means for the rest of the campaigns. Caucus coverage took center stage. Along with all things iowa. 54 33 look out. Here comes the butter cow. We have our own butter cow coming in. Now, weve got a giant today show bagel to go with it. Its unbelievable. Look at the butter cow. That is utterly spectacular. Ill see how many cow jokes and butter jokes we can make. As the Hawkeye State shines in the national spotlight. 44 54 were super excited to have everyone involved. My friends, family are here. You guys are here. We have the opportunity to show the today show what des moines kind of is. Were going to take it. Before iowa voters go to their precinct causes had the first say on a critical issue. Students at Hillis Elementary School are participating in a cookie caucus today. They will select between three candidates. Chocolate chip. Sugar. Or m m. The 5th grade students organized the mock caucus to learn about the electoral process. Students prepared commercials and posters to promote their favorite cookie candidate. We are starting at this age. We feel its important to introduce the process, what it means to run like, the qualifications of being president. Following the annual cookie caucus, students will all receive the support. Some iowans will be forced to norwalk is moving its boys and girls games against Pella Christian from tuesday to caucus night. The dowling southeast polk game was also moved to tonight. The moves were because of tuesdays expected snow storm. And dowlings Athletic Director says both players and school staff were fine with the change. Coming up later on your news at noon. Campaign workers. They run on caffeine, sleepless nights and every ounce of passion and. Well get an inside scoop on what a day in the life looks like. The Iowa Caucuses are the first in the nation. When we come back, a History Lesson and the reason why iowa has stayed in the spotlight. Iowa is the first in the nation hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm theyve all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america iowas role is to thin the field. And theyve had that responsibility for many years channel 13s erin kiernan gives us a look at the history of the iowa caucus. Most people know the Iowa Caucuses are the first in the nation test for president ial candidates. But why . Some form of a caucus has been taking place here since before iowa even became a state. The gatherings were attended almost exclusively by political insiders and rarely in public. Iowa became first in 1972 as the result of a change in rules by the National Democratic party. It all happened quite by accident. The caucuses didnt get a lot of attention until 1976. Thats the year the Republican Party of iowa moved its caucuses to the same date as known southern governor grabbed headlines by coming in second to uncommitted. And the legend of the Iowa Caucuses was born. Throughout the 80s the event grew in stature. But in 1988 iowa was flooded with candidates as both parties had large fields, and there was record breaking caucus attendance. Congressman dick gehphardt and senator bob dole were the winners, but neither won secured their partys nomination. By contrast 1992 was basically a non event. President george bush was running unopposed and since senator tom harkin was running the democrats bypassed iowa. In 1996 president bill clinton wasnt facing any challengers but there were nine republicans in the race. Senator bob dole won. The 2000 caucuses showcased a fight between Vice President al gore and senator bill bradley. Texas governor george w. Bush came out on top against five other candidates. 2004 was a surprise finish, with sentors jjn kerry and john edwards finishing first and second. Former vermontgovernor howard dean came in third. 2008. Fighting it out against presumptive frontrunner Hillary Clinton and an unknown senator barack obama. Leaders from both parties hop that using a new Microsoft App will simplify the recording process this year iowa voters are making history when they go to their caucus location tonight. Live shot of Capital Square where they are getting ready ad lib main weather the afternoon will be dry in central ad lib main weather the hmm hmm hmmhmmhmmhmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] ive got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america live shot of Capital Square where they are getting ready for the iowa caucus ad lib main weather the afternoon will be dry in central iowa but were watching and winter storm. Temperatures are in the low 40s and very mild right now. We have some 30s in northwest iowa and 40s elsewhere. The warnings and advisory go in to effect very early tuesday morning. A blizzard warning will be in effect for north west iowa tomorrow. A winter storm warning in central iowa and a Winter Weather advisory for other parts of the state. Clouds will increase this afternoon. Late tonight, some drizzle and mist may begin to develop. The snowooks to hold f until early tuesday morning, but the heaviest snow will fall right ring the morning mmute. It will continue through noon. We will have some dry time and me warmer air in des moines during the afternoon. While northwest wwlontinue to see heavy ow through the day. Totals will be in theto 6 rgtough central wa with totals 8 in northwest iowa. Southeast iowa ll see mainlyin. Blowingnow will continue baoblem through early wednesday rning. It will be drier and lmerroughhe end of the week withy time hig ck in the 20sand 30s. Campaign workers. They make up the backbone of each political campaign. After the break. Meet one in particular and experience a day in the life. Theyre one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown goldman sachs. Just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. How does wall street get away with it . Millions in Campaign Contributions and speaking fees. Our economy works for wall street because its rigged by wall street. And thats the problem. As long as washington is bought and paid for, we cant build an economy that works for people. One of the areas that ive been particularly interested in is the area of children. All of us have a responsibility, to ourselves, to our children, to each other. We intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. No matter where theyre born, no matter to whom they are born. Our childrens future is shaped both by the values of their parents and the policies of their nation. Its time to protect the next generation, fill the lives of our children with possibility and hope, open up the doors so that every child has a chance to live up to his or her godgiven potential. Ive spent my life fighting for children, families and our country, and im not stopping now. crowd cheers im Hillary Clinton, Campaign Workers are busier than ever. Many working sleepless nights to get their candidate to the top. It all comes to today. All the door knocking and all the calls that volunteers have made for their candidate. Channel 13s jannay towne has more on the work that goes on away from the campaign trail. After criss crossing the state. Youd expect the candidates to be running on fumes heading into today. Away from the campaign trail, an army of volunteers is working tirelessly behind the scenes. I probably have four cups of coffee a day. Yeah North CarolinaCollege Student conor janda hopped on a plane to iowa to work for the Martin Omalley campaign. I usually do calls in the morning and then i go out and then i go out and canvas for a few hours and then i come back and do calls. The senior put his life on hold back home to get iowans ready for caucus theres a lot of locals, there are people that have come up from florida, there are people that have come from neighboring states jeb bushs Campaign Headquarters opens at 7 am and staffers and volunteers man the office until nine at night. Emily 16 09 33 were making calls so people know about all the events that the governor is having before caucus day 37 left miami to make the metro her temporary home. Right away, she noticed that iowa voters recognize the stakes that come with being first in the nation. That is something that i think is really valuable, that they understand the responsibility that they have and asking the important question of all the candidates what is so different than the east coast is how open people are and how thoughtful they are in choosing their next, their candidates. Of course, they all want to push their candidate to the finish line. So theyre making one last call, stuffing one last packet. Never glamorous, always rewardingfueled by excitement for their candidate and a whole lot of coffee. As well as a lot of red bull and still to come on your news at noon. The final push. Only a few hours stand between iowans and the caucus. Whos in the lead. And a live report. Coming up teases are done phone ringing phone ringing you cant deal with something by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard and pay into it, so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates surf, stream, download, and play on multiple devices at once, with centurylink internet. Get up to 40 megs for 20 a month for 1 year when bundled with qualifying home phone plan. Just call. Right now. Wanna see this as an action movie . [ deep voice ] get ready. 40 megs is only 20 a month. [ normal voice ] or drama . [ melodramatic voice ] get up to 40 megs for 20 a month. [ normal voice ] only from centurylink. Speed may not be available in your area. This is a live look at the media. Why this is setting up to be an coverage. Plus, where the candidates are making their final push. Im looking forward to this. The whole day. Its like iowa. Spotlight. Well take you behind the scenes coverage in iowa. The news at noon starts now. Good afternoon im megan reuther. The 2016 Iowa Caucuses are now good afternoon im megan reuther. The 2016 Iowa Caucuses are now just hours away channel 13s josh nguyen is live in Capitol Square where media is already gathering. Rollcue to vo from most experts we talk to this is shaping up to be an all timer. Not sure it will have the turnout of the 2008 caucus but the tight races on both sides have people excited. But the year that keeps coming is 1988 and the similarities are striking. We all know this year, the gop has a packed field and no one knows who will come out on top. The dems had that issue in 1988 with 8 candidates. Richard gephardt ended up winning that year. Its a much different on the dem side with just a 2 horse race with sanders and clinton. The republicans, dealt with that in 88 too. With bob dole and bush sr. Dole won that year with almost 40 percent of the vote. But where this resembles 1988 most is the amount of media here. a win by Bernie Sanders tonight a win by Bernie Sanders tonight and a win by donald trump tonight creates an earthquake in american politics. The likes of which, i cant remember in my lifetime. That means the Republican Party and Democratic Party and the power structure in washington d. C. Are decimated all in one day. The people in iowa can do that tonight. They can change history tonight, well see if it happens. a new poll out this morning shows where republican leading into caucus night. According to the most recent quinnipiac poll out this morning. Donald trump is ahead of senator ted cruz. He has 31 percent support. Cruz comes in at 24. Marco rubio has 17 percent. The the single digits. The republican frontrunner took the stage in waterloo this morning joined by a few special guests. So i have a couple of special people im going to introduce because i see them sitting back there. My wife has been so supportive. Come on up hunny claps his daughter also joined trump and his wife on stage. He was fired up about the poll numbers here in iowa. And his loyal supporters could sense it this morning. Trump is just hoping they get over iowa he is holding a rally in cedar rapids at 1 30 this afternoon and. Will spend his caucus West Des Moines starting at 9 senator marco rubio started his caucus day eating breakfast with his family at a Cracker Barrel in clive. Rubio posed for photos and shook some hands. Afterward, rubio told reporters he knows hes the underdog but he feels good about tonight. Rubio is just the beginning. Not the end. Other republican hopefuls are making stops across the metro. Rand paul is currently holding a rally at his Campaign Office in des moines and. Jeb bush is at the Embassy Suites in des moines starting at 1215 later this afternoon. Ted cruz takes the stage in jefferson at 1 as for the democrats. According to the quinnipiac poll. Slight lead. Hes up 3points on Hillary Clinton. Within the polls margin of error. This is different from the Des Moines Registers iowa poll, which had clinton leading sanders by three points. Hillary clinton took time out this morning to rally supporters. I was told we cant stay long because we have to get back to work. But, she did bring treats to campaign volunteers. She also took selfies and signed autographs and thanked supporters for knocking on 186thousand doors this weekend. The candidate this morning. Iowa frontrunner Hillary Clinton will be spend caucus night with iowans. And. With other clintons standing by her side bill and Chelsea Clinton will join hillary for a caucus night party. The event starts at 830 tonight at drake university. And youll find Bernie Sanders celebrating the 2016 iowa caucus tonight hell be at the holiday inn Airport Convention center the event starts at 9 tonight its time now to get a first look at the forecast. Meteorologist joins us now. Ad lib wx quick dry for now but clouds will continue to fill in through the afternoon. There is even a problem with some dense fog on the eastern side of the state today. Tomorrow is the day for all of our big weather details. Blizzard watch tomorrow for northwest iowa, winter storm watch in central iowa, and a Winter Weather advisory in some parts of the state. Snow will begin late tonight through early tuesday. The heaviest snow will be falling during the commute in to work. Temperatures right now are mild in the 40s. We will drop back to the 30s during the evening hours. The west end salvage was the thats where the today show broadcast live. I got to hang out behind the scenes. Take a look. From a crowd outside. 51 38 im crazy for the today show. To the preshow prep inside. 44 39 its just another day at west end salvage. We just have the today show, not a big deal. The today show crew took over to broadcast live from iowa. Matt 2 29 its always great for us to take the show on the road and be surrounded by people who got up early to be with us. But, these folks in particular realize the importance of today in the state and what it means for the rest of the campaigns. Caucus coverage took center iowa. The butter cow. We have our own butter cow giant today show bagel to go with it. Butter cow. That is utterly spectacular. Ill see how many cow jokes and butter jokes we can make. As the Hawkeye State shines in the national spotlight. 44 54 were super excited to have family are here. You guys are here. We have the opportunity to show the today show what des moines kind of is. Look out. Here comes the butter cow. We have our own butter cow coming in. Now, weve got a giant today show bagel to go with it. Its unbelievable. Look at the butter cow. That is utterly spectacular. Ill see how many cow jokes and butter jokes we can make. As the Hawkeye State shines in the national spotlight. 44 54 were super excited to have everyone involved. My friends, family are here. You guys are here. We have the opportunity to show the today show what des moines kind of is. Were going to take it. Coming up on your news at noon. The Iowa Caucuses get underway in just hours. Well look at who is ahead, and who has the most to lose. The American People cant afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper. The grandmother who has to choose between paying for medicine and paying rent. Cant wait. The single mom who desperately needs a raise. Cant wait. The student with a mountain of debt cant wait. We can make real progress, right now. Im caucusing. Im caucusing. Im caucusing for Hillary Clinton. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Car repairs, home improvements, a family trip. Its not easy to afford them. What did marco rubio do . He put 22,000 in personal expenses on a Republican Party credit card. Rubios bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. Marco rubio skipping major votes. All over the place on immigration. Bad judgment. Hes just not ready to be president. From postal workers to nurses. Hes been endorsed for real change Bernie Sanders. Endorsed by friends of the earth action as a bold, fearless voice for the planet. The nation endorses bernie saying, you can trust sanders because he doesnt owe his political career to the financial overlords. The Des Moines Register calls him, a man of courage and principle. Endorsed by Council BluffsDaily Nonpareil because he would build on obamas legacy and challenge the establishment. Im Bernie Sanders the afternoon will be dry in central iowa but were watching and waiting for the arrival of our winter storm. Temperatures are in the low 40s and very mild right now. We have some 30s in northwest iowa and advisory go in to effect very early tuesday morning. A blizzard warning will be in effect for north west iowa in central iowa and a Winter Weather advisory for other parts of the state. Clouds will increase this afternoon. Late tonight, some develop. The snow looks to hold off until early tuesday morning, but the heaviest snow will fall right during the continue through o will have some dry time ines during e afteo. While northwestwa willoinue to see heavy ll see mainly rain. Owing snow will continue to be problem through ear wednesday morning. It will be ier and calmer through the end the week with day me highs back in the 20s and night iowa voters will ucus, and possibly, narrow the field of president ial candidates. Dianne gallagher is in des moines with the story. Will have a say in who stays and who goes. Up to now, donors, polls and Party Members have had the most influence in who remains a viable candidate. Even though the road to the white house begins in iowa. History shows that since the 1970s three republicans and five democrats who won here have gone on to win their respective partys nomination. For the republicans, the most recent cnn poll of polls averages in iowa, shows Donald Trump Holding a lead over ted cruz. Political analysts say a Trump Victory comes down to turnout. Turnout becomes important because itll tell us something about whether he has changed the electorate. I mean, thats the real prospect. Can he bring out new voters who havent voters before . Turnout will also be key for Bernie Sanders, who is in a virtual dead heat with Hillary Clinton. Bernie sanders is relying on some notably unreliably voting blocks. Hes counting on young voters to come out, hes counting on people who have never caucused before, maybe dont really have an attachment to the Democratic Party to come out and vote for him. Cnns poll of polls puts clinton just 3 points ahead of sanders among iowa voters. With the biggest caucus turnout iowa ever had was in 2008. And. About one in six people here showed up. One of the areas that ive been particularly interested in is the area of children. We intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. No matter where theyre born, no matter to whom they are born. I want to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to his or her godgiven potential. Ive spent my life fighting for children, and im not stopping now. Im Hillary Clinton, geiger. Last week. The Obama Administration lifted more trade and travel restrictions on to lift us credit restrictions on agriculture commodity exports. Thats a part of a decades old us embargo of us banks ability to lend credit to cuba for ag exports. Funneling all sales through a state body. While the white house broadened goods and travel. The American Farm bureau says there are limits to what can be done. These trade financing restrictions, the lack of use credit, provides an extra burden, allows for other countries to come in and get better price than the cubans, it will restrict, weve seen that for some sales to wheat, rice, probably other commodities where were just not as competitive because these trade financing restrictions so thats why we keep pushing to get the overall embargo lifted and take care of this. The Treasury Department already restrictions on agriculture sales to cuba. However, us firms. Including those in agriculture. Say they lose business to competitors by not allowing cuban access to credit. This week is starting off in the red across the board for commodities. With some Interest Rate news from japan. 3. 4 percent up over a year ago the colfax sheep and goat auction on saturday saw 251 head of sheep. Feeder lambs fetched the days high average price of 2. 15 per pound, while fed lambs averaged 1. 30 per pound. The 55 goats at the auction saw a high average price ranging from 110 to 195 per head. And thats all i have for the show today. Thanks for joining us on the agribusiness report. I hope to see you again next time. We put stories up every day. Check out whotv dot com. Click news then hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm theyve all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america one of the areas that ive been particularly interested in is the area of children. All of us have a responsibility, to ourselves, to our children, to each other. We intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. No matter where theyre born, no matter to whom they are born. Our childrens future is shaped both by the values of their parents and the policies of their nation. Its time to protect the next generation, fill the lives of our children open up the doors so that every child has a chance to live up to his or her godgiven potential. Ive spent my life fighting for children, families and our country, and im not stopping now. crowd cheers im Hillary Clinton,